First-time buyers

The Skipton unveils mortgages for its Lifetime ISA customers

The Skipton Building Society has introduced a new range of mortgage products available exclusively...

Aldermore to hold seminars at MBE London

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) is to hold a series of seminars by Aldermore at...

Would-be first-time buyers lacking homebuying knowledge

A new study from Santander Mortgages has outlined misconceptions and knowledge gaps among aspiring...

Buy-to-let purchases up 5.5% year-on-year

UK Finance has revealed that there were 32,640 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

Decline in residential market activity predicted

RICS has reported a "renewed deterioration" in near term expectations for the residential property...

Why advice is needed by FTB parents and grandparents

When it comes to the mortgage market, we appear to be never more than...

The Mansfield adds Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor options

The Mansfield Building Society has introduced Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor across its prime residential...

The Skipton unveils 95% LTV shared ownership deals

The Skipton Building Society has launched 95% LTV shared ownership products. The launch follows government changes to...

The Skipton extends term for 90%+ LTV mortgages

The Skipton Building Society has launched an extended term for mortgages with a loan...

Property demand up year-on-year

NAEA Propertymark has revealed that the number of house hunters registered per estate agent...

The Leeds cuts 95% LTV rate

The Leeds Building Society is reducing rates on its 95% loan to value (LTV)...

Prime time for first-time buyers

With the football season now well under way, and the transfer window firmly closed,...

First-time buyers remain dominant in driving housing activity

Lloyds Bank has reported that the number of people moving home increased for the...

First-time buyer numbers close to pre-crash levels

The Yorkshire Building Society has calculated that the number of people buying their first...

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Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

Leasehold fees, specialists and the need to shop around

Leasehold properties account for around 20% of all dwellings in the UK, and while that figure may change in the future with government legislation...

Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

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Rightmove warns property tax reforms could stall housing market

Rightmove has warned the government that proposed changes to property taxation risk distorting the...

Bradford retains crown as UK’s leading property hotspot

Bradford has once again been named the country’s most in-demand housing market, topping OnTheMarket’s...

Keystone reduces expat buy-to-let rates and adds new product

Keystone Property Finance has reduced rates across its expat buy-to-let range, cutting selected fixed...

Gatehouse cuts buy-to-let rental rates and eases paperwork

Gatehouse Bank has cut rental rates by 0.25% across its buy-to-let purchase plans for...